Alexandros (Greek)

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Alexandros (Greek) is an ancient Greek male given name meaning "defender of men," best known from figures such as Alexander the Great.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek given name ⓘ
Macedonian king ⓘ
given name ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ
appearsIn Ancient Greek literature ⓘ
historical inscriptions ⓘ
birthName Alexandros ⓘ
cognate Alejandro ⓘ
Alessandro ⓘ
Alexandre ⓘ
Iskandar ⓘ
linked to: Eskandar
culturalOrigin Ancient Greek culture ⓘ
etymologyComponent alexein ⓘ
anēr ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasEnglishForm Alexander ⓘ
hasFeminineForm Alexandra ⓘ
hasLatinizedForm Alexander ⓘ
hasModernGreekForm Alexandros (Αλέξανδρος) ⓘ
linked to: Alexandros
hasPatronymicDerivative Alexandrou ⓘ
hasSurnameDerivative Alexandris ⓘ
Alexandropoulos ⓘ
Alexandrou ⓘ
hasTransliteration Alexandros ⓘ
hasVariantSpelling Aléxandros ⓘ
linked to: Alexandros
historicalPeriodOfOrigin Classical Greece ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek ⓘ
meaning defender of men ⓘ
man ⓘ
protector of men ⓘ
to defend ⓘ
nameDay 23 April ⓘ
30 August ⓘ
nameType theophoric-heroic name ⓘ
notableBearer Alexander the Great ⓘ
popularityBoostedBy conquests of Alexander the Great ⓘ
reignEnd 323 BC ⓘ
reignStart 336 BC ⓘ
semanticField protection ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
shortForm Alekos ⓘ
Alex ⓘ
Sandro ⓘ
usageRegion Cyprus ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Greek diaspora ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alejandro → cognateInLanguage → Alexandros (Greek) ⓘ
Eskandar → hasOrigin → Greek name Alexandros ⓘ
linked to: Alexandros (Greek)
Alexander Schmidt → nameComponentOrigin → Alexander is of Greek origin ⓘ
linked to: Alexandros (Greek)
Alejandro Montoya → etymologicalRelation → Alejandro is cognate with Alexander ⓘ
linked to: Alexandros (Greek)